Inside Academics at Lamar Community College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Lamar Community College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

18 Majors With Completions

14:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

42% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 14 students per faculty member, Lamar Community College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. 42% of the instructors at Lamar Community College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Lamar Community College offers 18 majors with reported completions across 11 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Lamar Community College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Lamar Community College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	73
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services	30
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	20
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	16
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants	9

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at Lamar Community College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Looking for flexibility? Lamar Community College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 193 undergraduates take at least some classes online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Lamar Community College retains and graduates its students — 56% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Lamar Community College.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Lamar Community College

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

Academic Majors at Lamar Community College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Lamar Community College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Lamar Community College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Lamar Community College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation at Lamar Community College — the schools accreditation and what it means